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[House  Bill,  No.  20.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.— January  28,  \863. — Read 

first  and  second  times,  referred  to  Committee  on  Military  Affairs,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

j  By  Mr.  Lyons.] 


J±    JBILL 

To  appropriate  five  millions  of  dollars  for  the  relief  of  the  families  of 
non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  of  the  Confederate  Army. 

1  Section  1 .    The  C&ngrtss  of  tJie  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact.  That  the  sum  of  five  millions  of  dollars  be,  and  the  same 
>  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  relief  of  the  families  of  the  non- 
1  commissioned  officers  and  privates  now  in  the  army,  and  those 

5  who  have  died  in  the  army,  whose  necessities  require  such  relief. 

1  Sec.    2.  The  said  sum  of  money  shall  be  divided  among  the 

2  States  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  soldiers  Vhich  they  have 

3  furnished  for  the  war,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty -of  the  Secretary 
I     of  the  Treasury  to  pay  over  to  each  State  its  share  of  the  said 

.5     sum,  as  soon  as  the  Legislature  thereof  shall  have  made  provision 

6'     for  receiving  anddisbursing  the  same. 

1  Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  its  passage. 


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